(Y'all settle down! Everybody be quiet because daddy's gonna sing a quiet song called the Giving Tree) （你们都安顿下来！每个人都保持沉默是因为爸爸的会唱安静的歌叫爱心树）

   

Once there was a giving tree who loved a little boy 从前有个谁爱一个小男孩给树

And every day the boy would come to play 每天，男孩会来打

Swinging from her branches sleeping in her shade 从她的树枝睡在她的树荫下挥动

Laughing all the summer hours away 笑看夏日小时的路程

And so they'd love and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad 所以他们很乐意哦树好快乐哦，树很高兴

   

But soon the boy grew older and one day he came to say 但很快，小男孩渐渐长大，有一天，他来到了说

Can you give me some money tree to buy some things I found 你能不能给我一些钱树来买一些东西，我发现

I have no money said the tree just apples twigs and leaves 我没有钱树说只是苹果树枝和树叶

But you can take my apples boy and sell them in the town 但是你可以把我的苹果男孩在镇上出售

And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad 事实也的确如此哦，树很开心哦，树很高兴

   

And soon again the boy came back and he said to the tree 并很快再次男孩回来了，他对树说

I'm now a man and I must have a house that's all my own 我现在是一个人，我必须有一所房子，全是我自己

I can't give you a house she said the forest is my house 我不能给你一个家，她说，森林是我的家

But you may cut my branches off and build yourself a home 但是你可能把我的树枝断，并建立自己的家庭

And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad 事实也的确如此哦，树很开心哦，树很高兴

   

And the time went by and the boy came back with sadness in his eyes 和时间的推移，男孩回来了悲伤在他的眼中

My life has turned so cold he said and I need sunny days 我的生活已经变成那么冷，他说，我需要阳光灿烂的日子

I've nothin' but my trunk she said but you may cut it down 我已经没什么只是我的树干，她说，但你可以把它倒

And built yourself a boat and sail away 并建立自己的一条船，航行距离

And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad 事实也的确如此哦，树很开心哦，树很高兴

   

And after years the boy came back both of them were old 经过多年的男孩回到他们两个是老

I really cannot help ye if you ask another gift 我真的帮不了你们，如果你问其他的礼物

I'm nothin' but an old stump now I'm sorry boy she said 我没什么只是一个老树桩，现在对不起孩子，她说：

I'm sorry but I've nothin' more to give 对不起，但我已经没什么更多的给予

I don't need very much now just a quiet place to rest 我并不需要非常多，现在只是一个安静的地方休息

The boy he'd whispered with a weary smile 这个男孩，他会轻声说了疲惫的笑容

Well said the tree an old stump still is good for that 说好了的树的老树桩还是不错的说

Come boy she said sit down sit down and rest awhile 来吧孩子，她说，坐下坐下来休息一会儿

And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad 事实也的确如此哦，树很开心哦，树很高兴